=== AuctionForge ===
Contributors: SmoothByte IT
Tags: auctions, bidding, auction house
Requires at least: 7.2
Stable tag: 2.5.6.0

== Changelog ==

= 2.5.6.0 =

### Fixes:
- Fixed placeholder image fallback path still referencing old uco-auctions directory.
- Added background color for empty thumbnail containers in Recently Viewed.

= 2.5.5.0 =

### Improvements:
- Removed PAST/Upcoming badges from Recently Viewed items display.
- Added lot thumbnail images to Recently Viewed items with proper card layout.

= 2.5.4.0 =

### Fixes:
- Fixed item variable not being passed to auctionIsLive-template (was lost during previous file edits).

= 2.5.3.0 =

### Fixes:
- Fixed `item is not defined` in `displayBidFormData` — removed stray `item: item` from house-info-template call where item variable does not exist in scope.

= 2.5.2.0 =

### Fixes:
- Fixed `item is not defined` JavaScript error in `auctionIsLive-template` on single lot pages.
- Fixed statistics table auto-creation running on frontend requests (restricted to admin only).

= 2.5.1.0 =

### Fixes:
- Fixed `hideleadingBidSection is not defined` JavaScript error on single lot pages.
- Fixed statistics database tables not auto-creating on plugin update (only activated on fresh install).
- Added self-healing table creation on `plugins_loaded` for sites that update without re-activating.
- Cleaned up duplicate `AF_Stats_Init::activate()` calls in DB update function.
- Bumped DB version to 18.

= 2.5.0.0 =

### New Features:
- **Site Statistics System** — Full website analytics built into the plugin admin (Lots → Site Statistics).
  - Dashboard with KPI cards: visitors, sessions, pageviews, bounce rate, avg duration, pages per session.
  - Period comparison: current vs previous period with percentage change indicators.
  - Traffic over time line chart (pageviews, visitors, sessions).
  - Traffic channels doughnut chart (organic search, direct, referral, social, email, paid).
  - Hourly distribution bar chart.
  - Device type pie chart (desktop, mobile, tablet).
  - Top Pages tab with views, unique visitors, avg time on page, search, pagination, CSV export.
  - Referrers tab with traffic channel badges, sessions, bounce rate, avg duration, CSV export.
  - Countries tab with horizontal bar chart and visitor/pageview counts.
  - Technology tab with browser, OS, device breakdown and screen resolutions.
  - Searches tab tracking internal WordPress and auction search queries.
  - 404 Errors tab tracking broken URLs with hit counts and referrers.
  - Real-Time visitors view (last 5 minutes, auto-refreshes every 10 seconds).
  - Settings tab: enable/disable tracking, exclude IPs and roles, IP anonymization (GDPR), data retention.
  - Date range picker with presets (7, 14, 30, 90, 365 days) and custom range.
  - Lightweight frontend tracker (~3KB JS) with session management, heartbeat, and beacon API.
  - GeoIP country/city lookup via ip-api.com with 24-hour cache.
  - Bot detection (30+ crawler patterns filtered).
  - UTM parameter tracking (source, medium, campaign, term, content).
  - Traffic channel auto-classification.
  - Outbound link click tracking.
  - Time-on-page tracking via 30-second heartbeat + page unload beacon.
  - Daily cron for automatic data retention purge.
- **Recently Viewed Items** — New profile page tab showing the last 20 viewed lots per user.
  - Admin setting to enable/disable (Lots → Settings → Enable user viewing history).
  - Tracks lot views with timestamp, stores in custom DB table.
  - Clear history button for users.
  - Disabled by default.

### Fixes:
- Fixed `settings is not defined` JavaScript error on auction catalog and single lot pages.
- Fixed `postAuctionSaleOpened is not defined` JavaScript error on auction pages.
- Fixed missing `vendor.min.css` and `password-validation.min.css` (404 errors).
- Added missing template variables to all `loadTemplate` calls for `lot-content-template`, `leadingBid-template`.

= 2.4.4.0 =

### Fixes:
- Fixed the display of purchase prices on shop pages for unsold items. Items with a buyout price now correctly show the "Purchase Price" in both ended and active auction states.

= 2.3.5 =

### New Features:
- Added the ability to create a menu item that opens a modal login window. (`[href="#bp-profile"]`)
- Prices are now displayed with a secondary currency.
- Added an option to display prices including taxes.

### Improvements:
- Login and registration pages no longer leave users on the default welcome page after authentication.
- Updated German localization.
- Added Dutch localization.
- Optimized the synchronization process for auction houses with a large number of auctions.
- Updated the user manual. Added a section with available shortcodes.

### Fixes:
- Fixed a synchronization issue when default and secondary language settings were incorrect in the plugin.
- Fixed broken content in the *Make an inquiry about this item* link when special characters were present in the lot title.
- Fixed display of current bids for lots depending on the auction house settings.
- Fixed display of current bids for lots that are loaded when scrolling the page, if the "Enable pagination" option is disabled.
- Fixed handling of lots that were removed from the auction.
- Fixed bid display on the catalog page when the *enablePrebidsUnderStartPrice* option is enabled.